My new Passat

[Deeg]

Somewhat over shadowed today with the Lambo purchasing, lol.

Picked it up yesterday, 04 130 highline on 80K. Needs servicing, so that's booked in in 2 weeks for a 20K long life service and the cam belt, and then fingers crossed for some trouble free motoring.

Comments welcome.

 

[Bluebeard]

petrol? Nice car dude. Proper comfy cruiser.

Best colour too!

 

[Deeg]

Yeah it's the petrol, decided to give petrol a go for a while, after the diesel Mondeo.

Seems solid, and feels a lot bigger than the Mondeo, despite the fact it isn't.

Went to look at a couple, and I agree, the colour is definitely the best IMO.

Cheers mate.

 

[Brett]

Looks comfy mate. Is it the 1.8T?

 

[.Gem.]

Looks well!!

 

[Bluebeard]

Looks comfy mate. Is it the 1.8T?

Its 130hp so i THINK that means its a 2.0

 

[VeinAST]

Nice one, better spec than my dad's old one!!

Also Dan, 130bhp is top spec TDI too?

 

[Bluebeard]

Nice one, better spec than my dad's old one!!

Also Dan, 130bhp is top spec TDI too?

Yeah it's the petrol.

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[DazG]

Parents had one of these generation Passats, great cars, comfortable and never went wrong.

The 130 bhp 1.9 TDI felt rapid in gear too.

Either the Passat R36 or old W8 for me

 

[VeinAST]

Not disputing that Dan, just saying the top spec TDI has 130bhp too. Wisebuyers just confirmed for me

 

[jesus]

Nice barge.

 

[Deeg]

Looks well!!

Thanks you

Parents had one of these generation Passats, great cars, comfortable and never went wrong.

The 130 bhp 1.9 TDI felt rapid in gear too.

Either the Passat R36 or old W8 for me

It's the petrol, however I'm hoping for the German reliability thing to work out.

Nice barge.

Thank you.

Just done the first semi-proper journey in it, 40 miles. Was nice and comfy, the interior isn't as nice as the Mondeo - it still has a tape deck FFS!, however it is better built, and it's nice and quiet (helped by being the petrol I think).

Got to stick another couple of hundred miles on it this afternoon.

And the best bet, even being petrol it's showing 500 miles to a tank, so not hugely different from the diesel Mondeo.

 

[R20 CWH]

not bad at all, reminds me of mine with the leather and heated seats etc.

I had the big dawg 17s on it and a few other nice to haves

 

[Deeg]

not bad at all, reminds me of mine with the leather and heated seats etc.

I had the big dawg 17s on it and a few other nice to haves

Might look at some VW 17's when I need new tyres, as I've seen some for £400 with tyres, and as all I do is sit on the motorway, I can't imagine the budget tyres will make a huge difference.

 

[DrR]

Hopefully my bros getting his passat barge this weekend

 

[JD]

Great cars, not sure whether I would choose Passat or A4 if I had to choose a motorway barge, love both (parents having had both over the last twenty years, dad had two passat estates, best cars he had of that ilk).

 

[Deeg]

I got the passat due to it being N/A, and slightly better VFM.

 

[JD]

Agreed, not a single problem from the passats, sold on tens of thousands of miles and not a single beat missed from engines, running gear etc etc.

 

[R20 CWH]

here was mine

 

[VeinAST]

Spoiler kinda ruined it! Looked nice though

 

[R20 CWH]

standard fit on the V6 Tdi!

i didnt like it either, but it was drilled into the boot, so that was it there for good.

 

[scott1205]

get a nice set of A8 wheels on and that will look smart

 

[Ian_182]

not bad at all, reminds me of mine with the leather and heated seats etc.

I had the big dawg 17s on it and a few other nice to haves

Yours was a nice motor.I quite like the look of an estate model too.

 

[R20 CWH]

W8 looks good imo. quad tail pipes, nice alloys etc